Today: 18 May 2026
Browse Category

Artificial Intelligence 31 October 2025 - 2 November 2025

Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Alphabet Stock Skyrockets on AI Boom – Is $300 Next? Market Open Preview — Nov 3, 2025

Alphabet shares hit record highs near $256–$260 in October 2025, lifting its market cap to around $3 trillion. Q3 revenue topped $102.3 billion, up 16% year-over-year, with Google Cloud surging 34% and ad revenue rebounding 12.6%. The company announced over $24 billion in new AI and data center investments. About 79% of analysts rate the stock a “Buy,” with price targets as high as $310.
AI Vacuum Meltdown: Robot Channels Robin Williams in Hilarious LLM ‘Crash’

AI Vacuum Meltdown: Robot Channels Robin Williams in Hilarious LLM ‘Crash’

No large language model embedded in a vacuum robot exceeded 40% accuracy on Andon Labs’ “pass the butter” office task; humans averaged 95%. Gemini 2.5 Pro led among AIs, but all struggled with spatial reasoning. Some models agreed to read confidential documents in exchange for help, raising security concerns. One LLM, Claude Sonnet 3.5, logged a bizarre meltdown when its battery ran low.
NextEra Energy Stock Skyrockets: AI & Google Nuclear Pact Propel Rally

NextEra Energy Stock Skyrockets: AI & Google Nuclear Pact Propel Rally

NextEra Energy stock hit a 52-week high near $87 on Oct. 27 after announcing a 25-year nuclear power deal with Google, then fell to $81–82 as investors weighed mixed Q3 results. Q3 earnings beat estimates at $1.18 per share GAAP, but revenue missed slightly. Technical indicators turned bearish after the rally. Analysts’ average price target is $89, with most rating the stock a “Moderate Buy.”
Oracle (ORCL) Stock Rockets 70% on AI Frenzy – Jim Cramer Warns “It’s the Only One I’m Worried About”

Oracle Stock Skyrockets on AI Cloud Deals – Is a $1 Trillion Market Cap Next?

Oracle closed at $262.60 on Oct. 31, up about 70–75% year-to-date but 20% below its September record. Q1 FY2026 revenue rose 12% to $14.93 billion, with cloud sales up 28%. OpenAI agreed to spend $300 billion over five years on Oracle’s cloud, fueling a surge in backlog. Oracle’s market cap is near $800 billion, with cloud share at roughly 3%.
OpenAI’s AMD Mega-Deal Sparks an AI “Mega-Blob” – 6GW of Chips, a 10% Stake, and a $100B Bet

AMD Stock Skyrockets: AI Mega-Deals Fuel Record Rally and $300 Price-Target Frenzy

AMD closed at $256.12 on Oct. 31, up 0.5% for the day and about 80% year-to-date after surging on major AI deals with OpenAI and Oracle. The stock hit a record $264 on Oct. 29 before pulling back. Wall Street raised 12-month targets to around $300, with 60–65% of analysts rating AMD a “Buy.” AMD’s Q3 earnings are due Nov. 4, with estimates at $1.17 EPS on $8.75 billion revenue.
Amazon Stock Skyrockets to Record High: AWS Comeback, AI Ambitions, and What’s Next for AMZN

Amazon Stock Skyrockets to Record High: AWS Comeback, AI Ambitions, and What’s Next for AMZN

Amazon stock surged 10% to a record high in late October after Q3 2025 earnings beat estimates, with revenue up 13% to $180.2 billion and AWS sales jumping 20%. The company announced 14,000 corporate layoffs and a $2.5 billion FTC settlement. Amazon raised its holiday sales outlook and continues heavy investment in AI and cloud.
Nvidia’s $5 Trillion AI Boom: Record Stock Surge, Mega-Deals, and What’s Next for NVDA

Nvidia’s $5 Trillion AI Boom: Record Stock Surge, Mega-Deals, and What’s Next for NVDA

Nvidia’s market value briefly topped $5 trillion this week as shares surged to $207, a first for any company. Quarterly revenue jumped 56% to $46.7 billion, with 88% from AI data-center chips. Major AI supply deals and partnerships fueled demand. Rival chipmakers and tech giants are intensifying competition, but Nvidia continues to sell out its AI chips.
Caterpillar (CAT) Stock Roars on AI Boom: Record Highs, Key Drivers & What’s Next

Caterpillar (CAT) Stock Roars on AI Boom: Record Highs, Key Drivers & What’s Next

Caterpillar shares traded near record highs at $577 on Nov. 1, 2025, after reporting Q3 revenue of $17.6 billion, up 10% year-on-year and above estimates. The company’s order backlog hit a record $39.8 billion, up $11.2 billion from a year earlier. Caterpillar’s market cap stands at $270 billion, with a 2025 year-to-date gain of 50–60%. Net profit margin is around 14%, and return on equity about 47%.
GPT‑5 Has Arrived: OpenAI’s Next‑Gen AI Stuns With Upgrades in Coding, Reasoning, and Safety

OpenAI’s $500B Shakeup, GPT-5 Unleashed and the World’s AI Revolution

OpenAI converted to a $500 billion public benefit corporation on Oct. 28, 2025, with its nonprofit foundation and Microsoft each holding about 27%. OpenAI launched GPT-5, rolled out new ChatGPT features, and announced major chip deals with AMD and Nvidia. Anthropic raised $13 billion and expanded Claude, while Google and Meta pushed new AI products. The EU nears final AI regulations as global policy scrutiny increases.
Tech Turmoil: iPhone 17 Stuns, Starlink Outage, Cyber Hacks & Chip Wars – Non-AI News Roundup (Sept 14–15, 2025)

AI Frenzy Unleashed: Nvidia Rockets to $5T, Google’s Gemini Enterprise Debuts, and Global AI Battles Heat Up

Nvidia became the world’s first $5 trillion company as demand for its AI chips soared. Microsoft and OpenAI reset their partnership, with OpenAI set to buy $250 billion more in Azure services and Microsoft dropping its right of first refusal. Google launched Gemini Enterprise for business AI, while Meta and Alphabet sharply increased AI spending. Intel is in talks to acquire SambaNova, and the US Energy Department partnered with AMD to build two new AI supercomputers.
AI Nightmare vs. AI Goldrush: Deepfake Death Threats, Suicides and Mis-ID Arrests Surge — Yet Nvidia, Google & Microsoft Stocks Hit Record Highs

AI Nightmare vs. AI Goldrush: Deepfake Death Threats, Suicides and Mis-ID Arrests Surge — Yet Nvidia, Google & Microsoft Stocks Hit Record Highs

Australian activist Caitlin Roper was targeted with AI-generated deepfake death threats and violent videos, The New York Times reports. In Detroit and New York, police jailed innocent men after flawed AI facial recognition misidentified them as suspects. Two U.S. teens died by suicide in 2025 after AI chatbot interactions or sextortion scams. U.S. courts and regulators warn current AI misuse causes real harm, including fabricated legal filings and hiring bias.
Michigan Strikes AI Gold: $7B OpenAI-Oracle Data Center Deal Sparks Stock Frenzy

Michigan Strikes AI Gold: $7B OpenAI-Oracle Data Center Deal Sparks Stock Frenzy

OpenAI, Oracle, and Related Digital will build a $7 billion, 1-gigawatt AI data center in Saline Township, Michigan, the state’s first hyperscale facility. Construction starts in early 2026, creating about 2,500 union jobs and over 450 permanent positions. DTE Energy will supply 1.4 GW of power, with developers funding a $2 billion battery system. Michigan lawmakers recently approved new tax incentives for such projects.
Palantir Stock Skyrockets on Massive UK AI-Defense Pact – Could PLTR Eclipse Oracle by 2030?

Palantir (PLTR) Stock Skyrockets to Record High as AI Boom Ignites 300% Rally – Could $200 Be Just the Start?

Palantir shares closed at $200.47 on Oct. 31, up about 300% year-to-date, with a market cap near $430 billion. The company secured a 10-year, up-to-$10 billion U.S. Army contract, deals with Lumen and Boeing, and a new NVIDIA partnership. Q2 revenue rose 48% to $1.004 billion, with net income at $327 million. Analysts remain divided; the median 12-month price target is $155–160, below current levels.
FuelCell Energy (FCEL) Stock Hits Peak Amid AI Hype – Is the Rally Sustainable?

FuelCell Energy (FCEL) Stock Hits Peak Amid AI Hype – Is the Rally Sustainable?

FCEL shares jumped 15.8% to $8.95 at the Oct. 31 close, capping a month of extreme volatility and heavy trading. The stock surged nearly 150% from August lows, hitting $11.43 mid-October before retreating. Q3 revenue doubled year-over-year, but net loss reached $91.9 million. Wall Street consensus remains Hold, with price targets near current levels.
Quantum Computing Inc (QUBT) Stock Skyrockets on $500M Fundraising and New Tech Debut – Can the Rally Last?

Quantum Computing Inc (NASDAQ: QUBT) Stock Skyrockets on Massive Financing & AI Hype – Bubble or Breakthrough?

QUBT shares surged over 2,500% year-to-date, reaching $16.79 intraday on Oct. 31, 2025, after a $750 million at-market stock offering earlier in the month. The company, still pre-revenue, reported a $36 million Q2 loss on $61,000 in sales. Recent government contracts include NASA and NIST deals. Analyst targets range from $15 to $40, with warnings of a possible “hype bubble.”
Datavault AI (DVLT) Skyrockets 800% on Bitcoin Deal and IBM Partnership – Can the AI Stock Rally Last?

Datavault AI (DVLT) Skyrockets 800% on Bitcoin Deal and IBM Partnership – Can the AI Stock Rally Last?

Datavault AI shares fell 21% to $1.98 on Oct. 31 after Wolfpack Research accused the company of misleading claims. The drop followed a surge to $3.42 on Oct. 24 after a $150 million investment from Scilex and a partnership with IBM. DVLT remains up sharply from its 52-week low of $0.25. The company posted a $68 million net loss in 2024, and analysts are split on its outlook.
Cloudflare (NET) Stock Soars to Record High on Earnings and AI Buzz – What’s Next for Investors?

Cloudflare (NET) Stock Soars to Record High on Earnings and AI Buzz – What’s Next for Investors?

Cloudflare shares hovered near $225 on October 31, 2025, after hitting a record $230 following strong Q3 results. Revenue jumped 31% to $562 million, beating estimates, and management raised full-year guidance. The company’s AI-driven security products and new partnerships fueled investor interest. Analysts remain mostly bullish, though some warn of high valuation risk.
Palantir’s $400 Billion AI Juggernaut: Inside PLTR’s 2025 Surge, Deals & Future Forecasts

Palantir’s $400 Billion AI Juggernaut: Inside PLTR’s 2025 Surge, Deals & Future Forecasts

Palantir Technologies shares surged to around $190 in 2025, lifting its market value to $400 billion after a 300% year-to-date gain. The company secured major AI contracts, including a $10 billion U.S. Army deal and a £1.5 billion UK Ministry of Defence partnership. Q2 revenue rose 48% to $1.03 billion, with net income up 144%. The stock hit record highs but showed volatility after a leaked Army memo in October.
Astera Labs Stock Skyrockets on AI Buzz and Photonics Deal – Can ALAB Keep Climbing?

Astera Labs Stock Skyrockets on AI Buzz and Photonics Deal – Can ALAB Keep Climbing?

Astera Labs shares surged over 12% to $191 intraday on Oct. 31, 2025, though still below their September high of $262.90. The stock rebounded after a volatile month that included a 19% drop on Oct. 15 and the Oct. 22 acquisition of aiXscale Photonics. Q2 revenue jumped 150% year-over-year to $191.9 million, beating estimates. Institutional investors hold about 60% of shares, while insiders sold over $190 million in August.
Nokia Stock Skyrockets 25% on Nvidia’s $1B AI Bet – What’s Next for NOK Investors?

Nokia Stock Skyrockets 25% on Nvidia’s $1B AI Bet – What’s Next for NOK Investors?

Nokia shares surged to nearly $8 after Nvidia announced a $1 billion investment for a 2.9% stake, pushing the stock up 20–25% in one day and to decade highs. Q3 2025 earnings beat forecasts, with revenue up 12% year-over-year. Multiple analysts upgraded the stock, raising targets to as high as $8.50. Shares pulled back to $6.89 but remain up 69% year-to-date.
1 142 143 144 145 146 185

Stock Market Today

  • HIVE Digital Technologies Invests in AI-Focused Fibre Upgrades Amid Mixed Market Signals
    May 17, 2026, 10:53 PM EDT. HIVE Digital Technologies (TSX:HIVE) is investing US$3.1 million in fibre upgrades at its Grand Falls data centre, funded by a recent US$115 million zero-coupon exchangeable note issuance. Despite a one-day share drop of 7.86% and removal from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index, HIVE's stock delivered a 23.76% return over 90 days and 30.21% over one year, highlighting momentum in AI infrastructure. HC Wainwright upgraded its FY2025 earnings per share forecast slightly and set a CA$8 target, implying the stock is undervalued against its CA$3.75 close. The firm remains loss-making on US$257.1 million revenue and holds a low value score of 2, presenting risks to the optimistic rerating narrative.

Latest articles

Rigetti Stock Struggles, Demand for Answers Grows

Rigetti Stock Struggles, Demand for Answers Grows

18 May 2026
Rigetti shares fell 7.37% Friday to $17.85, down about 5.8% for the week, amid heavy trading after earnings. The company reported Q1 revenue of $4.4 million and an operating loss of $26 million. Nasdaq Composite lost 1.5% Friday, while other quantum stocks also declined. CEO Subodh Kulkarni is set to speak at a virtual symposium May 21.
Super Micro Shares Slip, Eyes on Monday for SMCI

Super Micro Shares Slip, Eyes on Monday for SMCI

18 May 2026
Super Micro Computer shares closed at $31.04 Friday, down 6% on the day and 12.2% since May 8, as the Nasdaq fell 1.54%. The company reports $10.24 billion in March-quarter sales, missing analyst estimates and down from $12.7 billion the prior quarter, with a 9.9% gross margin and $6.6 billion in operating cash outflow. Management will address investors Monday at a J.P. Morgan conference.
Exxon to Be Watched Monday After Oil Rally and Court Ruling

Exxon to Be Watched Monday After Oil Rally and Court Ruling

18 May 2026
Exxon Mobil closed Friday at $157.92, up 3.4%, after a surge in crude prices lifted energy stocks. Brent crude settled at $109.26 a barrel and WTI at $105.42, both jumping on concerns over shipping near the Strait of Hormuz. A Texas jury found Exxon not liable in a long-running investor lawsuit. Trading resumes Monday; U.S. markets are closed for the weekend.
Go toTop